Posts by Joan Clifford
Merry Music, a First Friday event, December 5th, 6-9pm
Merry Music, a First Friday event, December 5th, 6-9pm, has become one of the Milton Art Center’s favorite evenings of the year. People return year after year to hear this wonderful mix of holiday punk-rock favorites, blues rock classics, folk-inspired carols, and timeless classics everyone loves to sing along to. This event is open to…
Read MoreRug Hooking Exhibit and Milton Songwriters featured at November First Friday
by Joan Clifford The Milton Art Center is proud to present an exhibition of hand hooked rugs, featuring the Charles River Rug Hooking Guild in November, with a reception opening on First Friday, November 7, 5-9pm. Nine members of the Charles River Rug Hooking Guild, Susan Barry, Jennifer Friesen, Kimberly Hokanson, Bernadette Jordan, Jean MacQuiddy, Eileen…
Read MoreEmerging Artist, What does that term mean?
The term emerging artist implies youth; some esteemed art organizations use the age of 30 as a cutoff point when applying for prestigious grants and prizes. At the Milton Art Center, for exhibiting art, we use the term emerging artist to describe someone who has committed/recommitted to creating art seriously for many years, has created…
Read MoreWhy Art Camp might be the Best Choice you make for your Child this Summer
Joan Clifford, Summer Camp Director Summer Art Camp gives children confidence in their ability to create new worlds One of the most valuable things art offers children is autonomy. In a world where so much of their day is structured; school rules, sports drills, screen prompts – art invites kids to make their…
Read MoreCelebrate Pride, Poetry and Music at the Milton Art Center’s First Friday, June 6, 6-9pm.
Joan Clifford, Executive Director Poets, Eve Lyons, Anastasia Vassos, and DeMisty Bellinger will be reading selections from their published work from 6 -7:15 pm. The three poets met at author Marge Piercy’s juried workshop. Eve Lyons, a local poet, fiction writer, playwright and expressive arts therapist, is the author of “Tikkun Olam: Repairing the…
Read MoreView, LIMITLESS, Teen Art Exhibit, Reception: Friday, May 9, 6-9pm
by Joan Clifford, Executive Director LIMITLESS This May, the Milton Art Center celebrates Teen Month as teen visions and voices take center stage – on the walls and behind the mic. The Teen Art Exhibit, “LIMITLESS,” welcomes the public to an art reception Friday, May 9, 6-9pm. Come early at 6pm to view…
Read MoreMeet Artists Shay Culligan and Frank Susi, Figuratively Peaking, First Friday, April 4, 2025, 6-9pm
by Joan Clifford, Executive Director Meet Artists Shay Culligan and Frank Susi, Figuratively Peaking, First Friday, April 4, 6-9pm The next First Friday reception, April 4th, 6-9pm, at the Milton Art Center features the art of Shay Culligan and Frank Susi, Figuratively Peaking, Representational Art. Music will be Rhythm & Blooms, a night of…
Read MoreThe Art of Daphne Confar
Questions by Joan Clifford, Executive Director Interview with Artist, Daphne Confar Daphne Confar is an artist living in Milton with her wife and two sons. Daphne’s art is on exhibit at the Milton Art Center and featured at the next First Friday, a reception on March 7, 6-9 pm. First Fridays are free,…
Read MoreDecember First Friday, Merry Music and Holiday Artisan Market
First Friday, Merry Music, the Holiday Artisan Market The highlight of the holiday season is back, First Friday, Merry Music, December 6, 6-9pm, with our famous and infamous local musicians performing their favorite/s song of the season. Come by and listen if your favorite song is “Fairytale of NY,” (mine), “2000 miles, “”O Holy…
Read MoreFirst Friday June Happenings and more at the Milton Art Center
by Joan Clifford, Executive Director First Friday June 7, 6-9pm, “Pride Amplified” At Milton Art Center’s next First Friday, June 7, 6-9pm, we honor Pride month with “Pride Amplified.” Local musicians will perform lift up songs by LGBTQ artists and icons of today and years gone by. We are thrilled that special guest artists from…
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